On This Day

Friday, April 25, 1941

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 8 4 .667 --
Red Sox 6 4 .600 1.0
Indians 6 4 .600 1.0
White Sox 4 4 .500 2.0
Tigers 4 4 .500 2.0
Athletics 4 6 .400 3.0
Browns 2 4 .333 3.0
Senators 3 7 .300 4.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 8 2 .800 --
Cardinals 6 3 .667 1.5
Dodgers 8 4 .667 1.0
Cubs 4 4 .500 3.0
Reds 5 5 .500 3.0
Braves 4 7 .364 4.5
Pirates 3 6 .333 4.5
Phillies 2 9 .182 6.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Joe Gordon 3
1 Larry Rosenthal 3
1 Enos Slaughter 3
1 Alan Strange 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dolph Camilli 1
1 Jimmie Foxx 1
1 Billy Myers 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Morrie Arnovich 3
1 Bob Elliott 3
1 Alan Strange 3
1 Rudy York 3
5 10 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Lonny Frey 2
2 Dolph Camilli 1
2 Jimmie Foxx 1
2 Ival Goodman 1
2 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Tiny Bonham 1.33
2 Kirby Higbe 0.78
3 Hal Schumacher 0.56
4 Dizzy Dean 0.33
5 Cy Blanton 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Benton 1
1 Tiny Bonham 1
1 Joe Heving 1
1 Kirby Higbe 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Kirby Higbe 7
2 Hal Schumacher 5
3 Tiny Bonham 4
4 Al Benton 3
4 2 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jumbo Brown 1
1 Bob Feller 1
1 Ira Hutchinson 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cecil Travis .586
2 Stan Hack .458
3 Nick Etten .415
4 Joe Cronin .412
5 Enos Slaughter .410

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dolph Camilli 5
2 Joe DiMaggio 4
2 Bobby Doerr 4
2 Mel Ott 4
5 10 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 16
1 Bobby Doerr 16
3 Dolph Camilli 15
4 Joe Cronin 12
4 4 others tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dom DiMaggio 3
1 Pete Fox 3
1 Lonny Frey 3
4 Joe DiMaggio 2
4 3 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Sam Nahem 0.00
2 Tiny Bonham 0.47
3 Luke Hamlin 0.50
4 Larry French 0.55
5 Wes Ferrell 0.73

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Dietrich 3
2 Elden Auker 2
2 Tiny Bonham 2
2 Bob Bowman 2
2 10 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Vander Meer 20
2 Bob Feller 17
3 Manny Salvo 16
4 Mort Cooper 14
4 2 others tied 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jumbo Brown 2
2 Al Benton 1
2 Bob Carpenter 1
2 Bob Feller 1
2 6 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe DiMaggio .356
2 Ted Williams .348
3 Luke Appling .344
4 Rip Radcliff .341
5 Hank Greenberg .340

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 45
2 Hank Greenberg 40
3 Joe DiMaggio 35
3 Rudy York 35
5 Jimmie Foxx 34

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 148
1 Hank Greenberg 148
3 Johnny Mize 144
4 Rudy York 141
5 Frank McCormick 130

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 35
2 Lonny Frey 25
3 Gee Walker 21
4 Stan Hack 20
5 Joe Gordon 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Feller 2.43
2 Bucky Walters 2.51
3 Claude Passeau 2.52
4 Luke Hamlin 2.83
5 Rip Sewell 2.85

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 28
2 Bucky Walters 22
3 Bobo Newsom 21
3 Claude Passeau 21
5 Paul Derringer 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 269
2 Bobo Newsom 170
3 Kirby Higbe 141
4 Johnny Rigney 134
5 Ken Chase 131

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Benton 17
2 Clint Brown 10
3 Jumbo Brown 9
3 Johnny Murphy 9
5 2 tied 7